By Edward Humes
Bill Leasure was once one of the least bold officials ever to put on the badge for the la Police division. He used to be content material to paintings the site visitors beat and basically infrequently gave out tickets.
He additionally ran scams that netted him numerous riches, from stealing yachts to amassing weapons and automobiles. And he extra enriched himself developing a murder-for-hire ring. used to be he in it for the thrills? was once he a cop enjoying either side of the legislation for the thrill of it? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Edward Humes explores the lies and psychopathy that enabled invoice Leasure to idiot even the main savvy of urban prosecutors, his personal spouse.
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They know the toll temptation can take on even a good cop. Yet these hardened LAPD officers could not conceive of Bill Leasure as crooked. Not a single cop who knew him leaned back and said, I knew it—I always suspected he was up to no good. Other officers in the division might have drawn such comments, but not Bill. 1 Of course, to say otherwise would be to acknowledge that, all these years, a chameleon had been in their midst, fooling them, mocking them, enforcing the law by day, crossing the line by night.
We’ll wash up, then go get something to eat,” he called to Leasure. ” Leasure nodded and watched his friend make the long walk from their slip—the farthest from the pier gate, carefully chosen for its privacy and its ease of entry and exit. The sun glinted off Kuns’s hairless head as he wound through the rows of sailboats and yachts, and Leasure had to chuckle: He always told Kuns he cut quite a figure, with his shining, shaven scalp, Lincolnesque whiskers, and calloused bare feet. As unobtrusive as Leasure might be, Kuns always stood out.
Leasure’s friend Barbara Sanchez often asked. A. and the ex-wife of one of Leasure’s childhood friends. Leasure would spend as long as two hours a day, one or two days a week, visiting with her when he was supposed to be out on patrol. ” Leasure would just laugh and ignore her half-joking, half-serious digs, then tell her about his yachts, or his latest trip to Europe, or the alligators he had bought and installed in his swimming pool. For some reason, the silent Bill Leasure became positively chatty around Sanchez, who liked the guy, but always resisted his gentle attempts to pick her up.